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Anthropic releases Opus 5 with ‘close’ to Fable 5’s capabilities

The Verge AIFriday, July 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM

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Anthropic releases Opus 5 with ‘close’ to Fable 5’s capabilities
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Weeks after Anthropic's latest toe-to-toe with the US government, and days after an OpenAI security incident that dominated tech industry discussions, Anthropic on Thursday released its newest model, Claude Opus 5. The company said in a release that Opus 5 "comes close to the capabilities of Claude Fable 5 in many domains" and is much […]

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Weeks after Anthropic's latest toe-to-toe with the US government, and days after an OpenAI security incident that dominated tech industry discussions, Anthropic on Thursday released its newest model, Claude Opus 5. The company said in a release that Opus 5 "comes close to the capabilities of Claude Fable 5 in many domains" and is much […]

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  1. The Verge AI published: Anthropic releases Opus 5 with ‘close’ to Fable 5’s capabilities

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